Example sentences for: centenary

How can you use “centenary” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • One occasion was the centenary of Manet's painting Olympia, and The Independent (where else need I turn for material?) ran an article on how the picture's critical reception had changed from rejection by a scandalized France in 1890 to enthusiastic acclaim by an admiring world in 1990.

  • But I fault her for not quoting the best thing I've read on this subject, a passage I came upon in Joseph Alsop's centenary memoir of FDR.

  • Canada celebrated its centenary in 1967 with a World’s Fair, the Montreal Expo.

  • "Thus we intend to transform this $10 million into at least $20 million," Centenary College President Kenneth L. Schwab said.

  • Clint Bolick, a prominent Washington conservative and frequent spokesperson for the anti-affirmative action view, used the centenary of the Supreme Court's Plessy vs.


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